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Being a philanthropist could pro-

vide tax savings and a free breakfast.

Three items are of interest.

First, the Pension Protection Act

passed by Congress last summer allows

donors to make charitable gifts from

their IRAs. At age 70-1/2, owners of

IRAs must begin taking taxable distri-

butions from their plans, but amounts

of charitable gifts up to $100,000 froman IRA are not subject to income tax.

This opportunity applies to gifts made

prior to December 31, 2007.

Second, a program is planned on

estate giving. Those wanting to know

more about this option are invited to a

free community breakfast on Novem-

ber 7 from 8:30-10:30 AM at the Naples

Beach Hotel (851 Gulf Shore Blvd. N).

Wayne Mones, Senior Philan-

thropy Advisor with National Audubon

Immature White Ibis begin all milk

chocolate brown with a white belly. In

flight, a white rump is visible. Legs and

bills are orange. With each molt as it

ages, the head, neck, wings, and body

become more mottled with white.

The Glossy Ibis is a small dark ibis

that looks black in the

distance, but at closequarters, the neck is red-

dish-brown and the body

is a bronze-brown with

a metallic iridescent

sheen on the wings. The

curved-down bill is ol-

ive-brown, the facial

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www.corkscrew.audubon.orgNovember, 2007

Brown Waders:Immature White Ibis versus Limkin, Glossy Ibis

Tis the season

Bird Trivia What bird found in Collier County is the most prolific avian ant-eater in the world?Discover the answer at www.collieraudubon.org/birding.html

Limpkin immature White IbisGlossy Ibisimmature White Ibis

skin is blue-gray with a bordering white

line that extends around the eyes. Legs,

and feet are brown.

Location matters. Glossy Ibis pre-

fer open areas for foraging. A bird for-

aging near the boardwalk in the cypress

swamp will be an immature White Ibis.

Limpkins are brown birds with

many tiny flecks of white instead of the

white blotches of the immature ibis

Their bills are yellowish but dark at the

tips. Except during courtship and mat-

ing, Limpkins are loners while both ibis

prefer to be in flocks.

Philanthropy, free breakfast on tap

Quick ID Guide

Wednesday, November 7

Fisheating Creek canoe trip

8:30 AM-4:30 PM

Friday, November 9

Fakahatchee field trip

8 AM-3 PMTuesday, November 20

Wild Florida Adventure training

9 AM-1 PM

Friday, December 7

Welcome Back Potluck Dinner

4 PM-6 PM

Saturday, December 15

Corkscrew Christmas Bird Count

all day

Contact Sally at 348-9151, x112 or

[email protected] for information.

Dont forget to set your clocksback on November 4

Society, will conduct a seminar about

Doing Well by Doing Good for Con-

servation in Southwest Florida which

will cover how estate planning could

benefit Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary.

Reservations for the breakfast should

be made with Candace Forsyth before

Monday, November 5.

Finally, Doug Machesney, a five-

year Corkscrew volunteer, has beenhired as Southwest Florida Major Gifts

Coordinator. Dougs enthusiasm for

Corkscrew plus a previous, similar po-

sition with Concord University in West

Virginia made him the ideal choice for

the new position.

For further information about sup-

porting Corkscrew through an IRA, or

for reservations to the November 7

community breakfast, please contact

Candace Forsyth at 348-9151 x111.


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In Case a Visitor Asks

October Sightings

One in a pair Acadian Flycatchers watches its

mate above the boardwalk (October 9).

Narrowleaf Sunflowers bloom just before the

wildlife crossing (October 9).

A Great Horned Owl makes a rare visit along

the observation platform spur (October 16).

In a Holiday State of Mind

Get a head start on holiday gift

shopping by visiting the Nature Store

before the influx of visitors arrives.

Special holiday items are now in

stock and include 2008 Audubon

weekly appointment calendars and

monthly calendars and a variety of holi-

day greeting cards.

Why do Sapsuckers drill holes in straight rows,

and why do they return to the same trees?T

The primary food of the Yellow-

bellied Sapsucker is tree sap although

they also eat fruit and berries, cam-

bium, and they occasionally cache nutsand fruit. Theyre known to take sap

from 246 different native tree species.

The young are fed sap, fruit, and

insects, usually regurgitated, until they

fledge, and then parents teach

sapsucking to the young.

How do they know the best trees?

Trees react to stress and injury akin

to the way peoples bodies react to in-

jury or stress. For example, when we

have the flu, body temperature rises. An

infection causes increased blood flowto the affected area.

Trees react to stress or injury by

increasing sap production, and the sap

is more sugary. That attracts the sap-

sucker, which can distinguish betweenhealthy and stressed trees.

When sapsuckers discover a likely

tree, they explore for the best sap source

by drilling in exploratory horizonta

rows. When the sweet stuff is found

they feed on the sap. They will guard

their sap well from other birds, includ-

ing Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, and

from small mammals.

When the flow of sap from a good

hole begins to run low, they may drill a

series of vertical holes to take advan-tage of a known good feeding location

Nature ornaments feature birds,

bears, and other critters plus a collec-

tion of unique nature holiday ornaments

and novelty holiday ornaments such as

the relaxing gator on the first page.

Additional gift and decorative

items include a variety of carved Peru-

vian gourd ornaments depicting owls

and other birds plus gourd boxes deco-

rated with nature motifs.

Burts Bees has also introduced an

assortment of gift packs filled with

Burts Bees products. There are other

holiday-themed items in addition to the

usual selection of clothes, toys, gifts

jewelry, and books.


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ProfilePlanting for a Butterfly Garden

LARVAL (HOST) PLANTS

TREESCoastal Plain Willow (Salix carolinia)

Mourning Cloak, Viceroy

Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)

Striped Hairstreak, Henrys Elfin

Live Oak (Quiercus virginianan)

Banded Hairstreak, Gray Hairstreak,

Red-banded Hairstreak,

Polyphemus Moth

Pond Apple (Anona glabra)

Zebra SwallowtailPop Ash (Fraxines caroliniana)

Tiger Swallowtail

Red Bay (Persea borbonia)

Spicebush & Palamedes Swallowtails,

Io Moth

Strangler Fig (Ficus aurea)

Ruddy Daggerwing

Wild Lime (Zanthoxylum fagora)

Giant Swallowtail

SHRUBSBahama Cassia (Cassia chapmanii)

Cloudless Sulphur, Large Orange

Sulphur, Orange Barred Sulphur

Jamaica Caper(Capparis cynophallophora)Checkered White, Florida White,

Great Southern White

Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifolia)

Red-banded Hairstreak

VINESMaypop (Passiflora incarnata)

Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Julia

Passionvine (Passiflora suberosa)

Gulf Fritillary, Zebra Longwing, Julia

White Vine (Sarcostemma clausum)

Queen, Soldier, Monarch

To showcase native plants that are wildlife attractors in South Florida, Corkscrew planted a variety of native plants

around the library, parking area, and in and around the Living Machine. Below is a sampling of native butterfly attractors.

Butterflies use two different types of plants: those that provide nectar for the adults (nectar plant) and those that provide

food for their offspring/caterpillars (larval/host plant). Successful butterfly gardens are in sunny locations but are sheltered

from the wind, and they have a butterfly water source (a damp mud puddle in a sunny location, or a bucket of moist sand).

LARVAL (HOST) PLANTS

FLOWERSAlligator Flag (Thalia geniculata)

Brazilian Skipper

Asters (Aster spp.)

Painted Lady

Beggar Ticks (Desmodium incanum)

Gray Hairstreak

Blue Porterweed (Stachytarpheta utricifolia)Buckeye

Butterfly Pea (Centrosema virginianum)

Long-tailed SkipperButterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)


Coontie (Zamia floridana)

Atala

Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium)

Black Swallowtail

False Nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica)

Red Admiral

Lemon Bacopa (Bacopa caroliniana)

White Peacock

Milk Pea (Galactia smallii)

Gray Hairstreak

Necklace Pod (Sophoratum entosa)Gray Hairstreak

Salt Marsh Mallow (Kosteletzkya virginica)Painted Lady, Gray Hairstreak

Scarlet Hibiscus (Hibiscus coccineus)

Painted Lady, Gray Hairstreak

Scarlet Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)


Spanish Needles (Bidens alba)

Dainty Sulphur

Tampa Verbena (Glandularia tampensis)

White Peacock

Thistles (Circium spp.)Little Metalmark

Tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii)

Dainty Sulphur, Pearl Crescent

Water Dropwort (Oxypolis filiformis)

Black Swallowtail

Wild Petunia (Ruellia carolinienses)

Buckeye, White Peacock

GENERAL NECTAR PLANTS

TREESSabal Palm, Sabal palmetto

Saw Palmetto, Serenoa repens

SHRUBSBeautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea)

Fiddlewood (Citharexylum fruicosum)

Firebush (Hamelia patens)

Golden Dewdrop (Duranta erecta)

Necklace Pod (Sophoratum entosa)Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa)

VINESCarolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens

Coral Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

FLOWERSAgeratum (Eupatorium incarnatum)

Beach Sunflower(Helianthus debilis)

Blanket Flower(Gaillardia pulchella)

Blue Porterweed(Stachytarpheta utricifolia)

Scorpiontail (Heliotropium angiospermum)Spanish Needles (Bidens alba)

Sunshine Mimosa (Mimosa strigalosa)

Tampa Verbena (Glandularia tampensis)

Tickseed (Coreopsis leavenworthii)

Tropical Sage (Salvia coccinea)

A Tiger Swallowtail gets nectar from a

Fiddlewood bloom by the Living Machine, left

column. A Ruby-throated Hummingbird takes

nectar from Coral Honeysuckle, right. Humming-

birds also feed at Firebush.

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